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Medical Xpress / Nearly half of women with epilepsy miss out on specialist care during pregnancy, study finds
Only slightly more than half of women with epilepsy see a neurologist during pregnancy, a gap that could put both mother and baby at increased risk, according to new research presented at the 150th Annual Meeting of the American ...
Phys.org / While ChatGPT can help, expert says students must remember to think for themselves
2025's Year 12 students are the first group in history to have gone through their final years of high school with widespread access to Generative AI models like ChatGPT.
Medical Xpress / Stress in the strands: Hair offers clues to children's mental health
Long-term stress levels, measured through hair samples, may provide important clues about mental health risks in children with chronic physical illness (CPI), according to new research from the University of Waterloo.
Tech Xplore / Social robots can help relieve the pressures felt by caregivers
People who care informally for sick or disabled friends and relatives often become invisible in their own lives. Focusing on the needs of those they care for, they rarely get the chance to talk about their own emotions or ...
Medical Xpress / Ten ways diabetes and dementia are linked
The link between diabetes and dementia is becoming increasingly clear. New research shows how blood sugar problems affect brain health and vice versa. Here are ten evidence-based insights into how the two conditions are related.
Phys.org / Few military spouses use formal support services during, after deployment
Cycles of deployment and reintegration can be stressful, disruptive times for military spouses and their families. Although the Department of Defense and its military communities offer a number of formal resources to help ...
Medical Xpress / Harm-reduction vending machines offer free naloxone, pregnancy tests and hygiene kits
In the lobby of the YMCA in Reading, Pennsylvania, stands a row of vending machines—but one machine is different from the rest.
Medical Xpress / Six ways to talk to your teens about sex without the cringe
Parents play an important role in teaching their children about sex and relationships. But our new report shows many parents—fathers in particular—find it mortifying.
Medical Xpress / Team sports can lower blood pressure and improve function in patients with chronic diseases
New research from the University of Copenhagen shows that team sports are a highly effective and potentially life-extending form of exercise for patients with high blood pressure and COPD. Even after a relatively short training ...
Medical Xpress / About 900,000 Kiwis experience food insecurity. It's a quiet crisis that needs urgent attention
Most New Zealanders are feeling the effects of a seemingly relentless rise in the cost of living—at the supermarket, the gas pump and in their household energy bills. For some, however, this tips over into what scholars ...
Medical Xpress / Can you 'microdose' exercise?
The term "microdosing" originally meant taking tiny amounts of psychedelics (such as mushrooms) to enhance mood or performance, with fewer side effects.
Medical Xpress / Proposed cuts to NIH funding would have ripple effects on research that could hamper the US for decades
In May 2025, the White House proposed reducing the budget of the National Institutes of Health by roughly 40%—from about US$48 billion to $27 billion. Such a move would return NIH funding to levels last seen in 2007. Since ...
